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TRUCK FR GRAIN BINDERS.

(Application filed Oct. 14. 189B.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL K.A DENNIS, OF CIIICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO TI-IE PLANO.MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TRUCK FOR GRAIN-BINDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ratent No. 630,332, dated August8, 1899.

Application filed October 14,1898.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL K. DENNIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Trucks forGrain-Binders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in trucks which are used,primarily, for the purpose of transporting grain-binders and similarharvest-ing machinery from one place to another and is designed toproduce a truck which shallbe extremely simple and upon which agrain-binder can be readily and firmly secured despite any slightvariations which may occur in the size or measurements of the machine.

Referring to the accompanying sheets of drawings, in which the sameletters of reference are used to designate identical parts in' all theviews, Figure l is a side elevation of my improved truck, showing thegrain-binder mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the truck withthe binder thereon,but with the upper portion thereof `removed and someof the parts in section to more clearly illustrate the construction andrelation of the parts. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the truck with themachine thereon and in section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is anenlarged view of a portion of said truck in section on the line 4 4 ofFig. 3. Fig. 5 is a similar view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3. Fig. ''is arear elevation of the clamping member shown in Fig.' 4. Fig. 7 is asectional'view on the line 7 7 of Fig. 4, and Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe movable clamping member shownin Fig. 4.

A represents the bolster of the truck, which is ordinarily made of woodand has the axles B, which I construct of sections of gas-pipe and whichhave their inner ends embedded in the semicylindrical grooves A'c'irthe-under side ot' the ends of theV bolster. The axles B are securely.held in place by means of the bolts C, which pass through the plate C'on the upper side of the bolster and through the thimble D, which'hasprojecting rearwardly therefrom the arms D', taking against the underside of the ends of the bolster-on either side of the gas-pipe B. Ipreferably groove ,of the broad base portion F',

the sides of the bolsterA, so that the bolts C Serial No. 693,533. (Nomodel.)

are partially embedded therein. In addition to the bolts C, I employbolts C2, which pass through the clamping-plates, to be subsequentlydescribed, through the bolster, and through the inner ends of thegas-pipe B. The wheels E are mounted upon the axles thus formed by theportion of the gas-pipe B projecting beyond the thimbles D and areheldin place by the cotters E,passing through the ends of4 the gas-pipeB in the customary manner.

The parts heretofore described comprise the body of myimproved truck,and the remaining features of the invention are concerned with theclamping mechanism for holding the binder in place. These clampingmembers comprise thestationary plate F, (best shown in Figs. 3 and 5,)which consists seated on the upper side of the bolster and securedthereto by the bolt C2 previously mentioned, and an upright web F2,terminating in a grooved flange F3, which is designed to cooperate withonejo'f the inner flanges G' of the Z-bars G, that constitute a portionof the framework of the binder. The shape of this grooved flange F3 willdepend upon the shape ot the portion of the framework with which it isdesigned to coperate, and I have shown in the drawings a constructionwhich is designed to cooperate with a particularform of machine whichhas the curved portions G2 ,inl the afore said ZA-bars G of the traine.

The remaining clamp H, whichIdesignate as the movable one to distinguishit from the stationary one F, consistsof the stationary base-piece H',which is of the shape best shown in Figs. 4, 6, 7, and .'8, and which isseated on the upper side of the bolster A and is secured thereto by oneof the bolts C2 previouslymentioned, as well vas by the additional boltC3, which passes through the baseplate and the bolster. This base-plateI-I has its sides H2 constructed so as to form the oppositely-disposedgrooves H3, arranged longitudinally of the bolster A. These groovesserve to hold the movable member J of the clamp in position, and theupwardly-projecting lu g H4 is provided at the outer end thereof tolimit the movement ,of the member .I in

one direction, while its movement in the other which takes into theaperture H7, formed in` the base-plate H' to hold the movable member Jin position, as shown in Fig. 3 and in dotted lines in Fig.- 7. Thelocking-dog K has the tail K3, by which it may be readily' manipulated.

The movable member J of the clamp consists of the broadened base J', theedges of which slide in the grooves H3 and the under surface of which iscut away to form the channel J 2,

thezmemberl-I6 in assembling the parts. The memberJ is provided withupwardly-extendingzwebs J 3 and J 4, arranged at right angles to eachother and which support a grooved flange J 5, correspondin gto thegrooved Han ge F3 ofthe stationary clamp, but `having its curveoppositely dispose'dto cooperate with the curved portion Gr2 of itsparticular'Z-#bar G.

The operation of my improved construction will be readily seen. Byelevating the platform end of the machine the truck may be readily movedthereunder into the position shown in Fig. l, and with the movable clampJ in the dotted-line position vthe opposite Z-'b'ar G'm'aybe readilyplacedin vthe station-4 ary clamp F, when the other Z-bar Will be inposition to besecured by the movable clamp J when itis moved to thefull-line position of Fig. 7, Where it is secured by the locking-dog K.When theharvester is transported to its destination, the operation isreversed to re` moveit, from the truck.

IIt .Will be .understood that my invention is capable of somemodifications and that I-do Y which accommodates the heads of theboltsC2 and C3 and permits it to pass over not desire to be limited to theexact form shown and described; but

WhatI claim, and desire to-secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

l. In a truck, the combination of the bolster, Withthe fixedclampsecured toward one end thereof, .an oppositely-disposed clampmovable Ylongitudinally of the bolster, and means for holding themovable clamp in position to firmly secure the frame of the machine,substantially as described.

2. In a truck, the combination of the bol-v ster A, with the Xed clamp Ffastened to- Ward one end thereof and shaped to coperate with theframework of a binder, the clamp J oppositely located andcorrespondingly shaped and movable longitudinally of the bolster, and.means for holding the clamp Jin its operative position to securely holdthe binder.

3. In a truck, the combination of the stationary base-plateHhaving thechannels H3 therein, with the movable clamping member J sliding in saidchannels, and the pivcted dog 4K eoperating with the aperture H7 in saidbase H to hold the clamp J in position.

4. In a truck, the combination of .the bolster A, withthe hollow tubularaxles having one ofitheir ends embedded in the under side thereof, thexed and movable clamps located onithe upper side of said bolsterandover'the inner ends of the axles, and the boltspassing through theclamps, bolster and axles, substantiallyy as and for the purposedescribed.

In witness whereof I havehereunto set my hand this 11th dayof October,1898.

SAMUEL K. DENNIS.

In presence of- ALLAN A. MURRAY,

LOUISE E. SERAGE.

